This is a list of properties and historic districts in West Virginia that are listed on the National Register of Historic Places. There are listings in every one of West Virginia's 55 counties.
Listings range from prehistoric sites such as Grave Creek Mound, to Cool Spring Farm in the state's eastern panhandle, one of the state's first homesteads, to relatively newer, yet still historical, residences and commercial districts.
Current listings by county
The following are approximate tallies of current listings by county. These counts are based on entries in the National Register Information Database as of April 24, 2008 and new weekly listings posted since then on the National Register of Historic Places web site. There are frequent additions to the listings and occasional delistings and the counts here are approximate and not official. New entries are added to the official Register on a weekly basis.Weekly List Actions, National Register of Historic Places website Also, the counts in this table exclude boundary increase and decrease listings which only modify the area covered by an existing property or district, although carrying a separate National Register reference number.
County # of Sites RegionGrouping of counties into regions, as defined by West Virginia Department of Arts, Culture and History, following West Virginia Department of Tourism regions. This partition is similar to groupings used by other organizations and tourism guidebooks. 1 Barbour 13 Mountaineer Country 2 Berkeley 121 Eastern Panhandle 3 Boone 4 Metro Valley 4 Braxton 10 Mountain Lakes 5 Brooke 24 Northern Panhandle 6 Cabell 43 Metro Valley 7 Calhoun 2 Mid-Ohio Valley 8 Clay 1 Mountain Lakes 9 Doddridge 9 Mountaineer Country 10 Fayette 28 New River/Greenbrier Valley 11 Gilmer 10 Mountain Lakes 12 Grant 7 Potomac Highlands 13 Greenbrier 47 New River/Greenbrier Valley 14 Hampshire 30 Potomac Highlands 15 Hancock 11 Northern Panhandle 16 Hardy 25 Potomac Highlands 17 Harrison 22 Mountaineer Country 18 Jackson 11 Mid-Ohio Valley 19 Jefferson 89 Eastern Panhandle 20 Kanawha 91 Metro Valley 21 Lewis 14 Mountain Lakes 22 Lincoln 2 Metro Valley 23 Logan 5 Metro Valley 24 Marion 24 Mountaineer Country 25 Marshall 13 Northern Panhandle 26 Mason 13 Metro Valley 27 McDowell 18 New River/Greenbrier Valley 28 Mercer 20 New River/Greenbrier Valley 29 Mineral 11 Potomac Highlands 30 Mingo 8 Metro Valley 31 Monongalia 48 Mountaineer Country 32 Monroe 26 New River/Greenbrier Valley 33 Morgan 20 Eastern Panhandle 34 Nicholas 13 Mountain Lakes 35 Ohio 55 Northern Panhandle 36 Pendleton 13 Potomac Highlands 37 Pleasants 2 Mid-Ohio Valley 38 Pocahontas 24 Potomac Highlands 39 Preston 22 Mountaineer Country 40 Putnam 7 Metro Valley 41 Raleigh 11 New River/Greenbrier Valley 42 Randolph 39 Potomac Highlands 43 Ritchie 6 Mid-Ohio Valley 44 Roane 7 Mid-Ohio Valley 45 Summers 8 New River/Greenbrier Valley 46 Taylor 6 Mountaineer Country 47 Tucker 11 Potomac Highlands 48 Tyler 10 Northern Panhandle 49 Upshur 7 Mountain Lakes 50 Wayne 9 Metro Valley 51 Webster 7 Mountain Lakes 52 Wetzel 4 Northern Panhandle 53 Wirt 6 Mid-Ohio Valley 54 Wood 48 Mid-Ohio Valley 55 Wyoming 4 New River/Greenbrier Valley (duplicates) (4)The following sites are listed in multiple counties: Alderson Bridge (Greenbrier and Monroe), Alderson Historic District (Greenbrier and Monroe), Fairfax Stone Site (Grant, Preston and Tucker). n/a Total: 1,135 n/a
See also List of National Historic Landmarks in West Virginia List of bridges on the National Register of Historic Places in West Virginia
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